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A very good both house building and general advice: "Keep it simple"...????

There are metal in the uPVC doors that rusts. It's very difficult to get them repaired, or even find spareparts. That's why I next time will choose good quality alu-doors from a local workshop, so they easily can be repaired or changed. I originally got quote for both, the price was almost the same. I've changed one door til aluminium after the uPVC door manufacturer couldn't repair the original door and even supplied a new door that didn't fit, even it was their own team that came and measured it up. And TIT, I of course had to pay for the brand new useless door – I however managed to get it resold for half price through the uPVC-door supplier building market – plus i also paid for a replacement alu-door...???? Another thing I realized is that if you have a set of sliding doors with a fixed window each side, you can still move the locked pair of sliding doors aside in front of the one of the windows. So, not much protection with a multi-lock frame and expensive German numbered high security keys that cannot – or hardly can – be copied in Thailand...

Most important would be that your wife makes a last will, as the husband otherwise might only eligible for inherit 50%, if there are other living relatives. Quote below is from the book "Thai Law for Foreigners", page 80... As a foreigner you cannot own land. In case on inherit you'll be given 12 month to sell the land. A servitude might be worth considering – could be usufruct or habitation right – so when the land is sold or transferred, you still have the right to live there. And yes, a foreigner can own a house, a superficies or similar servitude is needed. As suggested in a previous post, you can form a Thai company limited. You will need a partner or two, and can only hold 49% of the shares, but can however own preferred shares. Holding land for a foreigner within a company, the company should preferably have other activities than just being an empty shall for land ownership for a foreigner.

You might be sure, but you have no proof for your various statements, only your own speculations...???? My balcony railings are by the way 90 cm high on 2nd floor and 1 meter high on 3rd floor...

TIT... But my balconies are indeed safe...

Not easy to make it profitable. First of all you shall check what can be resold in the area, without reselling possibilities it's more difficult. 10 rai will most likely be hard work with (very) little profit. You won't get a regular monthly income. The best regular income is rubber trees – takes about 7 years before you can cut in them for rubber (latex) – but it's only income during the season where you can cut for latex. Renting out the land pays around 1,000 baht per rai per year – plus/minus – price range might be up to 2,000 baht per rai in some areas if the soil is good.

That's 192k baht for one year, 384k for two years; and 576k for three years, or another 192k baht in rent. You can buy low mileage second hand Ford Ecosports from around 300k baht, link HERE...

TIT, so what you can do in Australia doesn't help you here. You can contact the building-constructor and ask him to do the work properly. However, arguing with a Thai about bad work might not be an easy task, the Thai might risk to lose face. So, it might be much more easy just to hire someone else to screw in the missing screws. Next time, make sure to agree the work to be done in details and check it before the workers leave...

When leaving and not renewing the annual extension of stay within the time-frame, you loose your stay. You will later need to start all over again with a new non-immigrant visa and extensions of stay. However, you can keep your status by going to Thailand once a year with a re-entry permit and extend your annual extension of stay.

Your daughter needs to be registered as resident in a Thai House Book – a process in the tessa ban-district office – to get a Thai ID-card. A Thai ID-card is only of any use when living in Thailand.

The photo is an old Airbus A320 from before winglets...

Yes, I designed all my balconies myself...

Yes. However, we don't know if that is the case here.

That would be normal kind practice. Depending of the time spend, transport to Amphor-office and location of village the amount can be from a few hundred baht to one thousand baht. If you have a Thai partner, ask what would be normal in your area.

Same reason as tourists comes back to same Mediterranean places like Mallorca (Majorca) and Rhodes year after year. I have friends that has had their summer holiday on the same island for 30+ years, and I have tourist friends here that have spent their winter holiday on the same Thai-island for 15+ years...

Normal practise in some banks/branches. Just follow their rules and don't ask questions, there are so much we aliens don't understand about Thailand...

Yes, the article also mentioned that, but AOT still don't want to give the camera file to the police, so they can judge themselves that it's useless...

You first need your daughter to be registered in a Blue House Book for Thai nationals, then it's easy to get an ID when 7 years or older. A Thai ID-card is only of any use if your daughter lives/stays in Thailand.

No, not so far...????

Might be a question about picking the bar-lady that don't talk about "who broke up with their Thai boyfriend, who is marrying a customer," and who is not "borrowing money from everyone"...

I originates from the part of the world where Aerated concrete blocks also originates from – they have been a standard component since I was child – I used them in my home country, and I had a self-designed house built in Thailand in 2010 when the Q-con blocks were a fairly new product here. A better choice is to do a Q-con double wall with either an airgap between the wall or fill the gap with mineral wool like Rockwool, there are similar products available in Thailand, also packed inside heath-reflecting foil. By making double walls you avoid visible posts and the Q-con blocks are great to drill in if hanging something on the wall, instead of thin smartboards. The airgap will be enough heat insulation in walls, rather use the insulation material funds on inverter aircons instead of normal compressor aircons, and save on the power consumption. More important for heat insulation is the ceiling and especially the roof. Cement Thai (HomeMart) has a roof team that can draw your roof in details, make the steel construction in light weight galvanized steel, and mount the roof tiles correctly with a heath reflecting foil underneath. The latter is very important for a good indoor temperature. Their quote was actually lower than my Thai building constructor could do it, and Cemtent Thai's "Roof Experts" gives you a 5-year warranty and might mosr likely still be here during the waranty period; while your building constructor might have disappeared. Over the ceilings, which are normally gypsum board, place some insulation on the top floor if the house is more than one floor, or above ground floor if only one level. Just bobble-plastic with reflecting foils can do it. I made my house like described; apart from having uPVC outer sliding doors. We hardly use aircon and only during really warm periods. Another benefit with inverter aircons is, that some models might be able to heat during a cold period, mine can heat indoor until -10 centigrade outdoor temperature... I have uPVC slide doors. Next time I build a house, or when refurbishing the one I live in, I will choose aluminium doors instead. A heat reflecting foil on the glass might be enough or even better than double glass.

From the photos it looks like it's an outside surrounding wall that has collapsed and fall onto the house...

Something might be strange, since AOT will not reveal the CCTV...

You can read my previous post about how many people that actually lives on Samui and some calculations of water usage...

From the article in The Thaiger: ...Prateep Kusolwattana, the director-general of Provincial Waterworks Authority 4, revealed that the water supply stations located in the Phru Na Muang reservoir and Hin Lard waterfall have been producing 15,000 cubic metres of freshwater daily for consumption on the island. To address the water crisis issue, the Authority aims to supply an additional 24,000 cubic metres of water from Surat Thani on the mainland via an underwater pipeline to Koh Samui...